Oil container



Patented Mar. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES HENRY` M. SHEER', OF QUINCY, ILLINOIS. .i

OIL CONTAINER.

r` Application led January 26, 1924. Serial No. 688,806.

To .all whom 'it mayA @0n-cem.'

Be 1t known that I, HENRY M. SHEER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at. Quincy, in the county of Adams and Statel of Illinois,l have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Oil Containers, of'

` with the hole 1S in the bottom of the filling which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in oil containers.

rIhis present invention presents some features of improvement over my invention as disclosed in application Serial No. 683,786, filed in the United States Patent Olice, December 31, 1923, and it consists in an outer and inner container, the outer container having a movable top and the inner container pivoted to turn simultaneously in opposite directions with the opening and closing of the top, and arranged to receive its contents when the lid is opened and to discharge it when the top is closed.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section;

Fig. 2 is a transverse section with the lid or top closed; and, f

Fig. 3 is a similar view with it raised or open.

The numeral 1 represents a tank or outer container and 2 is the top or lid connected at one edge theretoby ordinary hinges 3.

An inner container4; in the form of a cylinder is pivotally mounted at the ends by means of screw trunnions or similar means 5 which are screwed into the threaded holes 6 of the brackets 7 which latter are bolted or riveted to the ends of the cylinder container 4.

From an arm 8 forming an integral part of one bracket 7 a connecting rod 9 extends to the lid or cover 2, to which two parts it is pivotally connected by bolts or rivets 10.

A hand lever 1l is held fast on the outer end of one of the screw trunnions 5 by set screw or similar means 12.

When the handle is raised to avertical position as shown in Afull lines in Fig. 1 and dotted lines in Fig. 2 it closes the lid or cover and turns the cylindrical inner container 4.- so that the opening 13 is at the bottom in registry with the opening 14: of the band 15 which surrounds and loosely tits the center zone of the cylindrical inner container 4, it being confined between the circumfere ential beads 16 preferably formed in the lc)yli(riidrical container on either side of the A Stop 17 prevents the band from turning I as in my former application. l

When the handle 11 is turned down as shown in dotted lines in Fig'. 3, the cylin` drical inner container l is given a halt turn which brings the opening 13 into registry funnel 19, at the same time the lid or cover is raised as fully illustrated in Fig. 3.

Thus with a half turn of the cylindrical inner container et and the handle 11 the lid or cover is raised or lowered and the inner container is changed simultaneously from a filling to an emptying position or vice versa.

The numeral 2O indicates an oil outlet from the outer container or tank 1.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be noted that the hub 21 in cooperation with the arm 8 forms a lateral stop against which the connecting rod 9 impinges when the lid or cover is down thereby preventing further turning of the inner container in that direction.

I claim:

1. The combination of a stationary tank, a container rotatably mounted therein, a movable lid for opening or closing the stationary tank,and means forming a direct connection between the rotatable container and the lid whereby movement or" either one necessarily causes simultaneous movement of the other.

2. The combination of a stationary tank, a container rotatably mounted therein, a

movable lid for opening or closing the stationary tank, and a rigid link forming a connection between the rotatable container and the lid whereby the movement of either one will simultaneously move the other.

3. The combination of a stationary tank,y a container rotatably mounted therein, a movable lid for opening or closing the sta` tionary tank, means extending from the container to the lid for connecting the two, and means for rotating the container for simultaneously opening or closing the lid.

4. rIhe combination of a stationary tank, a container rotatably mounted therein, pivotal means for said rotatable container, a lid hinged to the stationary tank, a connecting rod pivotally connected with the lid and inner container, and means connected with the pivotal means adjacent one end of the container for turning the latter and simultaneously raising kor closing the lid.

5. The combination oi a tank or outer lll) raised with the turn of the inner,y container in one directionand closed with its turn in the opposite direction.

6. The combination of an inner and outer container,- the latter rotatably supported within the former, a lid hinged to the outer container, aconnecting rod pivotally connected with the lid and inner container for causing the two to move simultaneously, the

rela-tive position of thepivots of the connecting rod and the hub of the' inner container being such that when the lid or cover is closed the, hub forms a lateral stop for the connecting rod thereby preventing the Iurther turning of the inner container.

7. The combination of a stationary tank, a rotatable container pivotally mounted therein, brackets secured to the ends of the container, trunnions journaled in the sides of the tank and extending into the brackets and acting as pivots for the container, one of said trunnions extending,outwardly' to a point eXteriorly of the tank, and a handle secured to said trunnion for rotating the saine and the container.

In testimony whereof I aiiixfmy signature.

HENRY M. SHEER. 

